43 words and phrases on “Emergencies”, in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Swedish, Polish, Romanian, Danish and Norwegian. This stage is free: every word is here, with its explanation.
the vet
- 🇫🇷 French
- le vétérinaire
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el veterinario
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il veterinario
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Tierarzt
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 獣医 (jūi)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 兽医 (shòuyī)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الطبيب البيطري
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de dierenarts
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o médico veterinário
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o veterinário
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- veterinären
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- weterynarz
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- medicul veterinar
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- dyrlægen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- veterinæren
Always « the vet », never « the veterinary » — that's an adjective. German says Tierarzt, animal doctor.
help !
- 🇫🇷 French
- à l'aide !
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- ¡ socorro !
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- aiuto !
- 🇩🇪 German
- Hilfe !
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 助けて ! (tasukete)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 救命 (jiùmìng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- النجدة!
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- help!
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- socorro!
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- socorro!
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- hjälp!
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- pomocy!
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- ajutor!
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- hjælp!
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- hjelp!
The first word, shouted before you explain anything. Spanish shouts ¡socorro!, not ¡ayuda!.
colic
- 🇫🇷 French
- la colique
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el cólico
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la colica
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Kolik
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 疝痛 (sentsū)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 疝痛 (shàntòng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- المغص
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de koliek
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a cólica
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a cólica
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- koliken
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kolka
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- colica
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- kolikken
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- kolikken
The leading cause of death in horses. English uses it as a verb: « he's colicking ». A horse cannot vomit — whatever blocks must pass through, or he dies.
laminitis
- 🇫🇷 French
- la fourbure
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la infosura
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la laminite
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Rehe
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 蹄葉炎 (teiyōen)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 蹄叶炎 (tíyèyán)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- التهاب صفائح الحافر
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de hoefbevangenheid
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a laminite
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a laminite
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- fånget
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ochwat
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- laminita
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- forfangenheden
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- forfangenheten
No two of the six languages sound alike here — nothing to guess, learn it. The hoof separates from the inside; the pain is extreme and the horse rocks back on his heels. Americans also say « founder ».
choke
- 🇫🇷 French
- le bouchon œsophagien
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la obstrucción esofágica
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- l'ostruzione esofagea
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Schlundverstopfung
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 食道閉塞 (shokudō heisoku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 食道梗阻 (shídào gěngzǔ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- انسداد المريء
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de slokdarmverstopping
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a obstrução esofágica
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a obstrução esofágica
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- foderstoppet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- zatkanie przełyku
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- obstrucția esofagiană
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- spiserørsforstoppelsen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- spiserørsforstoppelsen
Just « choke » in English — an everyday word, not the technical one. The horse isn't suffocating: his windpipe is clear, he breathes. It's the oesophagus that's blocked, often by pellets bolted down too fast.
tying-up
- 🇫🇷 French
- le coup de sang
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la mioglobinuria
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la mioglobinuria
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Kreuzverschlag
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 筋硬直症 (kinkōchokushō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 肌红蛋白尿 (jīhóng dànbái niào)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- انحلال العضلات الناتج عن الجهد
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de spierbevangenheid
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a miosite
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a azotúria
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- korsförlamningen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- mioglobinuria
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- rabdomioliza de efort
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- korsforfangenheden
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- korsforlammingen
Never confuse it with colic — the single most important point here. The muscles lock up: the horse refuses to move, he's soaked in sweat, his hindquarters are board-hard. YOU KEEP HIM STILL — the exact opposite of colic, where you walk him. Walking a tying-up horse destroys muscle.
heat stroke
- 🇫🇷 French
- le coup de chaleur
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el golpe de calor
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il colpo di calore
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Hitzschlag
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 熱中症 (necchūshō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 中暑 (zhòngshǔ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- ضربة الحر
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de hitteberoerte
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o golpe de calor
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a insolação
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- värmeslaget
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- udar cieplny
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- șocul termic
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- hedeslaget
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- heteslaget
Five of six languages build the same picture. The horse blows, is dull, his skin stays hot at rest. Hose the legs and neck, never the hindquarters straight off: cold shock closes the vessels and traps the heat.
lameness
- 🇫🇷 French
- la boiterie
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la cojera
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la zoppia
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Lahmheit
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 跛行 (hakō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 跛行 (bǒxíng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- العرج
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de kreupelheid
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a claudicação
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a claudicação
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- hältan
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kulawizna
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- șchiopătura
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- haltheden
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- haltheten
The name of the problem, what you tell the vet — as opposed to « to be lame », which is what you see.
to be lame
- 🇫🇷 French
- boiter
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- cojear
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- zoppicare
- 🇩🇪 German
- lahm gehen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 足を引く (ashi o hiku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 瘸 (qué)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يعرج
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- kreupel zijn
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- coxear
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- mancar
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- halta
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kuleć
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a șchiopăta
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- halte
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- halte
English has no verb here: you don't say « he limps » of a horse, you say he's lame — a state, not an action. « To limp » is for people.
he won't put his foot down
- 🇫🇷 French
- il ne pose plus le pied à terre
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- no apoya el pie
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- non appoggia più il piede
- 🇩🇪 German
- er setzt den Fuß nicht mehr auf
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 足を地面に着けない (ashi o jimen ni tsukenai)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它完全不敢着地 (tā wánquán bù gǎn zháodì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- لم يعد يضع قائمته على الأرض
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij zet zijn been niet meer neer
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele não apoia o pé no chão
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele não apoia mais o pé
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han stödjer inte på benet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- nie staje na nogę
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- nu mai calcă pe picior
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han vil ikke sætte benet ned
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han setter ikke foten i bakken
The worst degree of lameness, and the thing to be able to say urgently: a horse who won't bear any weight has a fracture, an abscess or acute laminitis. Don't walk him at all — wait for the vet where he stands.
heat in a leg
- 🇫🇷 French
- la chaleur dans un membre
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el calor en un miembro
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il calore in un arto
- 🇩🇪 German
- Wärme in einem Bein
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 脚の熱 (ashi no netsu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 腿部发热 (tuǐbù fārè)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- سخونة في إحدى القوائم
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- warmte in een been
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o calor num membro
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o calor no membro
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- värme i ett ben
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ciepło w nodze
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- căldura într-un membru
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- varme i et ben
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- varme i et bein
What you feel for by hand, comparing all four legs one after another — it's the comparison that tells you, not the temperature itself. Local heat means inflammation, often before any visible swelling.
the swelling
- 🇫🇷 French
- le gonflement
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la hinchazón
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il gonfiore
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Schwellung
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 腫れ (hare)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 肿胀 (zhǒngzhàng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الانتفاخ
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de zwelling
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o inchaço
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o inchaço
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- svullnaden
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- obrzęk
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- umflătura
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- hævelsen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- hevelsen
Swelling that goes down as the horse walks is benign; hot, painful swelling that stays is an emergency. That's the difference the vet is after on the phone.
the wound
- 🇫🇷 French
- la plaie
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la herida
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la ferita
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Wunde
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 傷 (kizu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 伤口 (shāngkǒu)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الجرح
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de wond
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a ferida
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o ferimento
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- såret
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- rana
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- rana
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- såret
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- såret
Any open injury. Careful: « wound » the injury rhymes with « moon »; « wound » the past of « to wind » rhymes with « found ». Same spelling, two words.
the cut
- 🇫🇷 French
- la coupure
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el corte
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il taglio
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Schnitt
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 切り傷 (kirikizu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 割伤 (gēshāng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- جرح قطعي
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de snijwond
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o corte
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o corte
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- skärsåret
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- skaleczenie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- tăietura
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- snitsåret
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- kuttet
A clean-edged wound — the kind that stitches best. The distinction matters on the phone: a clean cut can be sutured, a torn wound often can't.
the bleeding
- 🇫🇷 French
- le saignement
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el sangrado
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il sanguinamento
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Blutung
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 出血 (shukketsu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 出血 (chūxuè)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- النزيف
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de bloeding
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a hemorragia
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o sangramento
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- blödningen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- krwawienie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- sângerarea
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- blødningen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- blødningen
The fact that it keeps flowing — as opposed to « blood », which you see. A pulsing bleed is arterial: that's the emergency within the emergency. A horse holds about fifty litres.
the blood
- 🇫🇷 French
- le sang
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la sangre
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il sangue
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Blut
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 血 (chi)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 血 (xiě)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الدم
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het bloed
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o sangue
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o sangue
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- blodet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- krew
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- sângele
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- blodet
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- blodet
This word is in both emergency chapters. English « blood » rhymes with « mud », not with « food ».
the wound is bleeding heavily
- 🇫🇷 French
- la plaie saigne énormément
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la herida sangra muchísimo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la ferita sanguina moltissimo
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Wunde blutet stark
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 傷から大量に出血している (kizu kara tairyō ni shukketsu shite iru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 伤口大量出血 (shāngkǒu dàliàng chūxuè)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الجرح ينزف بغزارة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de wond bloedt hevig
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a ferida está a sangrar muito
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o ferimento está sangrando muito
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- såret blöder kraftigt
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- rana bardzo mocno krwawi
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- rana sângerează abundent
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- såret bløder voldsomt
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- såret blør kraftig
The sentence that decides everything on the phone. Say « bleeding heavily », not « bleeding a lot » — that's the emergency-services wording.
he's breathing heavily
- 🇫🇷 French
- il respire fort
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- respira con dificultad
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- respira affannosamente
- 🇩🇪 German
- er atmet schwer
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 呼吸が荒い (kokyū ga arai)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它呼吸很粗 (tā hūxī hěn cū)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يتنفس بسرعة وبقوة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij ademt zwaar
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele está a respirar com força
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está respirando forte
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han andas tungt
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ciężko oddycha
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- respiră greu
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han trækker vejret tungt
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han puster tungt
The first sign you hear before you see it. At rest a horse breathes twelve to sixteen times a minute — count the flanks. Over twenty at rest, something is wrong.
he keeps looking at his flanks
- 🇫🇷 French
- il se regarde les flancs
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- se mira los flancos
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- si guarda i fianchi
- 🇩🇪 German
- er schaut sich nach der Flanke um
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 自分の腹を見る (jibun no hara o miru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它老回头看肚子 (tā lǎo huítóu kàn dùzi)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- ينظر إلى خاصرتيه
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij kijkt naar zijn flanken
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele olha para os flancos
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele fica olhando para o flanco
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han tittar bak mot flankerna
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ogląda się na boki
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- se tot uită la flancuri
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han kigger på sine flanker
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han ser seg på flankene
The colic sign anyone can recognise: the horse turns his head to his belly, sometimes nips at it. He's showing you where it hurts. Say this first on the phone — more useful than the word « colic » itself.
he's pawing the ground
- 🇫🇷 French
- il gratte le sol
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- escarba el suelo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- raspa il terreno
- 🇩🇪 German
- er scharrt
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 前足で地面を掻く (maeashi de jimen o kaku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它刨地 (tā páo dì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يحفر الأرض بقائمته
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij schraapt met zijn voet
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele escava o chão
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está cavando o chão
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han skrapar med hoven
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- grzebie nogą
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- scurmă pământul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han skraber i jorden
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han skraper i bakken
English has a verb for it: « to paw ». A horse that paws may just be impatient; a horse that paws AND looks at his flanks is colicking.
he's down or wants to lie down
- 🇫🇷 French
- il est couché ou veut se coucher
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- está echado o quiere echarse
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- è coricato o vuole coricarsi
- 🇩🇪 German
- er liegt oder will sich hinlegen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 横になっている、または横になろうとする (yoko ni natte iru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它躺下了或者想躺下 (tā tǎngxià le huòzhě xiǎng tǎngxià)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- مستلق أو يريد أن يستلقي
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij ligt of wil gaan liggen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele está deitado ou quer deitar-se
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está deitado ou quer deitar
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han ligger ner eller vill lägga sig
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- leży albo chce się położyć
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- e culcat sau vrea să se culce
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han ligger ned eller vil lægge sig
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han ligger eller vil legge seg
A healthy horse sleeps standing or lies down briefly. One that lies down, gets up, lies down again is colicking. « The horse is down » is enough to bring help — you don't need to add anything.
his pulse is too fast
- 🇫🇷 French
- le pouls est trop rapide
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el pulso es demasiado rápido
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il polso è troppo veloce
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Puls ist zu schnell
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 脈が速すぎる (myaku ga hayasugiru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 脉搏太快 (màibó tài kuài)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- نبضه سريع جدا
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- zijn pols is te snel
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o pulso está demasiado rápido
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o pulso está rápido demais
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- pulsen är för hög
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- tętno jest za szybkie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- pulsul e prea rapid
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- pulsen er for høj
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- pulsen er for høy
The number that tells you how bad it is. At rest a horse's heart beats twenty-eight to forty times a minute. Over sixty at rest means severe pain; over eighty is critical. Take it under the jaw, or with your ear behind the left elbow.
he's throwing himself against the walls
- 🇫🇷 French
- il se jette dans les murs
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- se lanza contra las paredes
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- si getta contro i muri
- 🇩🇪 German
- er wirft sich gegen die Wände
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 壁に体をぶつける (kabe ni karada o butsukeru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它往墙上撞 (tā wǎng qiáng shang zhuàng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يرتطم بالجدران
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij gooit zich tegen de muren
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele atira-se contra as paredes
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele se joga contra as paredes
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han kastar sig mot väggarna
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- rzuca się na ściany
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- se aruncă în pereți
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han kaster sig mod væggene
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han kaster seg mot veggene
The worst sign, and the most dangerous for the human. A horse throwing himself at the walls is in pain he can no longer control: he doesn't see who's around him. DON'T GO INTO THE STABLE. Call, and wait for the vet from the doorway.
he's got a temperature
- 🇫🇷 French
- il a de la fièvre
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- tiene fiebre
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- ha la febbre
- 🇩🇪 German
- er hat Fieber
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 熱がある (netsu ga aru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它发烧了 (tā fāshāo le)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- لديه حمى
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij heeft koorts
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele tem febre
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está com febre
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han har feber
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ma gorączkę
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- are febră
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han har feber
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han har feber
British riders say « a temperature », not « a fever ». Normal for a horse is 37.5 to 38.5 °C; over 39 is a temperature.
he's got a nasal discharge
- 🇫🇷 French
- il mouche du nez
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- tiene secreción nasal
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- ha secrezione nasale
- 🇩🇪 German
- er hat Nasenausfluss
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 鼻水が出ている (hanamizu ga dete iru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它流鼻涕 (tā liú bítì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يسيل من أنفه
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij heeft neusuitvloeiing
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele tem corrimento nasal
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está com corrimento nasal
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han har näsflöde
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ma wypływ z nosa
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- îi curge nasul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han har næseflåd
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han har neseflod
The French « moucher » has no simple English match: « a nasal discharge » is the vet's word, « his nose is running » the everyday one. Colour matters: clear may be harmless, yellow or green means infection, feed in it means choke.
he's struggling to swallow
- 🇫🇷 French
- il a du mal à déglutir
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- le cuesta tragar
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- fa fatica a inghiottire
- 🇩🇪 German
- er kann schlecht schlucken
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 飲み込みにくそうにしている (nomikominikusō ni shite iru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它吞咽困难 (tā tūnyàn kùnnan)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يجد صعوبة في البلع
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij kan moeilijk slikken
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele tem dificuldade em engolir
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele tem dificuldade para engolir
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han har svårt att svälja
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ma trudności z przełykaniem
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- înghite greu
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han har svært ved at synke
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han har vondt for å svelge
Together with drooling and feed coming down the nose, this is the picture of choke. A horse that can't swallow can't drink: dehydration comes fast.
he's drooling
- 🇫🇷 French
- il bave beaucoup
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- babea mucho
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- sbava molto
- 🇩🇪 German
- er speichelt stark
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- よだれが多い (yodare ga ōi)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它一直流口水 (tā yìzhí liú kǒushuǐ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يسيل لعابه بغزارة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- hij kwijlt veel
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele baba-se muito
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está babando muito
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- han dreglar mycket
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- bardzo się ślini
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- salivează mult
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- han savler meget
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- han sikler mye
The sign that marks out choke: the horse can no longer swallow his own saliva, so it runs out. Everyday English is « drooling »; « hypersalivation » is the vet's word.
there's feed coming back down his nose
- 🇫🇷 French
- il régurgite
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- regurgita por la nariz
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- rigurgita dal naso
- 🇩🇪 German
- es kommt Futter aus der Nase
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 鼻から吐き戻す (hana kara hakimodosu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 它从鼻孔反流 (tā cóng bíkǒng fǎnliú)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- يخرج الطعام من أنفه
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- er komt voer uit zijn neus
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- ele regurgita
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- ele está regurgitando
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- fodret kommer ut genom näsan
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- pokarm wraca mu nosem
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- regurgitează
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- der kommer foder ud af næsen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- fôret kommer ut av nesen
In a horse it comes out of the NOSTRILS, never the mouth — he cannot vomit. Seeing grass or pellets at the nose is a species-specific sign, and it almost always means choke. English has no single word: you describe what you see.
to walk him so he doesn't roll
- 🇫🇷 French
- marcher un cheval pour éviter qu'il se roule
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- pasear al caballo para que no se revuelque
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- far camminare il cavallo perché non si rotoli
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Pferd führen, damit es sich nicht wälzt
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 転がらないように馬を歩かせる (korogaranai yō ni uma o arukaseru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 牵着走防止它打滚 (qiānzhe zǒu fángzhǐ tā dǎgǔn)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- تمشية الحصان بهدوء عند الاشتباه بالمغص
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een paard stappen om rollen te voorkomen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- andar com o cavalo para não se rebolar
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- caminhar com o cavalo para ele não rolar
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- skritta hästen så att han inte rullar sig
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- prowadzić konia w stępie, żeby się nie tarzał
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a plimba calul ca să nu se tăvălească
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- trække hesten rundt, så den ikke vælter sig
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- skritte hesten så han ikke ruller seg
The colic move, and why: a horse that rolls can twist his gut, turning a treatable colic into surgery. FOR COLIC ONLY. A tying-up horse must be kept still — see « to keep him still ».
to keep him still
- 🇫🇷 French
- immobiliser le cheval
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- inmovilizar al caballo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- immobilizzare il cavallo
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Pferd ruhig stellen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 馬を動かさない (uma o ugokasanai)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 让马站着别动 (ràng mǎ zhànzhe bié dòng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- تثبيت الحصان في مكانه
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het paard stilhouden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- imobilizar o cavalo
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- imobilizar o cavalo
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- hålla hästen stilla
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- unieruchomić konia
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a imobiliza calul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- holde hesten i ro
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- holde hesten i ro
The tying-up move, the exact opposite of colic. Every step destroys muscle: don't walk him home, leave him where he is and get the vet to him. Say « keep him still », not « immobilise him ».
to put a muzzle on
- 🇫🇷 French
- mettre un panier
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- ponerle un bozal
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- mettere la museruola
- 🇩🇪 German
- einen Fresskorb anlegen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 口かごをつける (kuchikago o tsukeru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 戴嘴笼 (dài zuǐlóng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- وضع كمامة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een graasmasker opdoen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- pôr um açaime
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- colocar uma focinheira
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- sätta på en munkorg
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- założyć kaganiec
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a pune botniță
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- sætte en mundkurv på
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- sette på munnkurv
« A muzzle » — the same word as a dog's muzzle, which often surprises. You put one on to stop a colicking horse eating, or a grass-fat horse gorging. German is more precise: Fresskorb, « eating basket ».
to clean the wound
- 🇫🇷 French
- désinfecter une plaie
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- desinfectar una herida
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- disinfettare una ferita
- 🇩🇪 German
- eine Wunde desinfizieren
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 傷を消毒する (kizu o shōdoku suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 给伤口消毒 (gěi shāngkǒu xiāodú)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- تطهير الجرح
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een wond ontsmetten
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- desinfetar uma ferida
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- desinfetar o ferimento
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- desinficera ett sår
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- zdezynfekować ranę
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a dezinfecta o rană
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- desinficere et sår
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- desinfisere et sår
Everyday English says « clean the wound » rather than « disinfect » — the latter is hospital language. Rinse with plenty of clean water before any product: getting the dirt out is what matters first.
to put a bandage on
- 🇫🇷 French
- mettre un bandage
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- poner un vendaje
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- mettere una fasciatura
- 🇩🇪 German
- einen Verband anlegen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 包帯を巻く (hōtai o maku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 缠绷带 (chán bēngdài)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- وضع ضماد
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een verband aanleggen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- pôr uma ligadura
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- colocar uma bandagem
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- lägga ett förband
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- założyć bandaż
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a pune un bandaj
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- lægge en bandage
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- legge på bandasje
Not to be confused with exercise bandages: those protect, this one treats. A bandage put on too tight cuts the circulation and does more harm than none at all — the commonest mistake.
to keep pressure on the wound
- 🇫🇷 French
- faire une compression sur une plaie
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- hacer compresión sobre la herida
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- fare compressione sulla ferita
- 🇩🇪 German
- Druck auf die Wunde halten
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 傷を圧迫する (kizu o appaku suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 按压伤口 (ànyā shāngkǒu)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الضغط على الجرح
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- druk op een wond houden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- fazer compressão numa ferida
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- fazer compressão no ferimento
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- trycka på såret
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- uciskać ranę
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a face compresie pe o rană
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- lægge tryk på et sår
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- holde trykk på såret
The key word is KEEP: pressure you release every ten seconds to have a look does nothing. Press hard, don't move, wait. « Keep pressure on » says exactly that.
to put a tourniquet on
- 🇫🇷 French
- mettre un garrot
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- poner un torniquete
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- mettere un laccio emostatico
- 🇩🇪 German
- eine Aderpresse anlegen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 止血帯を巻く (shiketsutai o maku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 上止血带 (shàng zhǐxuèdài)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- وضع رباط ضاغط
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een knelverband aanleggen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- pôr um garrote
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- colocar um torniquete
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- lägga en tourniquet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- założyć opaskę uciskową
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a pune un garou
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- lægge en årepresse
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- legge på tourniquet
A French trap: « garrot » means both the withers and a tourniquet — two unrelated words in English, one in French. On a horse it's a last resort: badly applied, it costs the leg.
to give an injection, IM or IV
- 🇫🇷 French
- faire une piqûre en IM ou en IV
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- poner una inyección, IM o IV
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- fare un'iniezione, IM o EV
- 🇩🇪 German
- eine Spritze geben, i.m. oder i.v.
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 筋肉注射または静脈注射をする (kinniku chūsha)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 肌肉或静脉注射 (jīròu huò jìngmài zhùshè)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- حقنة عضلية أو وريدية
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een injectie geven, IM of IV
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- dar uma injeção IM ou IV
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- aplicar uma injeção IM ou IV
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- ge en spruta i muskel eller ven
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- zrobić zastrzyk domięśniowo lub dożylnie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a face o injecție IM sau IV
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- give en indsprøjtning i musklen eller i venen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- sette en sprøyte i muskel eller blodåre
The abbreviations differ by language: Italian says EV not IV, Japanese doesn't abbreviate at all. Intramuscular goes into the neck or rump; intravenous into the jugular, and that takes experience.
to give a sedative
- 🇫🇷 French
- donner un sédatif
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- dar un sedante
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- dare un sedativo
- 🇩🇪 German
- ein Beruhigungsmittel geben
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 鎮静剤を与える (chinseizai o ataeru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 给镇静剂 (gěi zhènjìngjì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- إعطاء مهدئ
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- een kalmeringsmiddel geven
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- dar um sedativo
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- dar um sedativo
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- ge lugnande
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- podać środek uspokajający
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a da un sedativ
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- give et beroligende middel
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- gi beroligende
Never without the vet's say-so, and this chapter's dialogue says so outright. A sedative masks pain: the vet arrives and can no longer judge how bad it is, which delays a surgical decision.
stitches
- 🇫🇷 French
- les points de suture
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- los puntos de sutura
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- i punti di sutura
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Stiche
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 縫合 (hōgō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 缝针 (féngzhēn)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الغرز الجراحية
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de hechtingen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- os pontos
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- os pontos
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- stygnen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- szwy
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- copcile
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- stingene
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- stingene
Everyday English is « stitches »; « sutures » is the surgeon's word. A wound can only usefully be closed within six to eight hours — after that it's left open. That's why the vet's first question is when it happened.
a loose horse
- 🇫🇷 French
- le cheval échappé
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el caballo escapado
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il cavallo scappato
- 🇩🇪 German
- das ausgebrochene Pferd
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 逃げ出した馬 (nigedashita uma)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 马跑掉了 (mǎ pǎodiào le)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- حصان طليق
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het losgebroken paard
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o cavalo solto
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o cavalo solto
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- den lösa hästen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- koń luzem
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- calul scăpat
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- den løse hest
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- en løs hest
You shout « LOOSE HORSE ! » — two words, and everyone at a show or on a yard knows what to do: shut the gates, don't run, stop shouting. It's not a medical emergency but a safety alert: the road is the danger.
the emergency
- 🇫🇷 French
- l'urgence
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la urgencia
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- l'urgenza
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Notfall
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 緊急 (kinkyū)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 紧急情况 (jǐnjí qíngkuàng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- حالة طارئة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het noodgeval
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a emergência
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a emergência
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- nödläget
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- nagły wypadek
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- urgența
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- nødsituationen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- nødsituasjonen
The word that gets someone to come at once. The three figures to know by heart, for a resting adult horse: 37.2–38.2 °C, 30–40 beats per minute, 8–14 breaths per minute. Giving those on the phone beats any description: a vet decides on those three numbers.
the pulse
- 🇫🇷 French
- le pouls
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el pulso
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il polso
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Puls
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 脈拍 (myakuhaku)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 脉搏 (màibó)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- النبض
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de pols
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o pulso
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o pulso
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- pulsen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- tętno
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- pulsul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- pulsen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- pulsen
Resting norm: 30 to 40 beats per minute in an adult horse. Above 60 at rest the pain is severe; above 80 it is critical. You take it under the jaw, on the artery. It is the first figure a vet asks for on the phone.
breathing
- 🇫🇷 French
- la respiration
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la respiración
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la respirazione
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Atmung
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 呼吸 (kokyū)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 呼吸 (hūxī)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- التنفس
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de ademhaling
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a respiração
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a respiração
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- andningen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- oddech
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- respirația
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- vejrtrækningen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- respirasjonen
Resting norm: 8 to 14 breaths per minute in an adult horse. You count the flank rising and falling for fifteen seconds and multiply by four. Everyday English says breathing; a vet will say respiratory rate. Knowing both keeps you going on the phone.
to roll
- 🇫🇷 French
- se rouler
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- revolcarse
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- rotolarsi
- 🇩🇪 German
- sich wälzen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 転がる (korogaru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 打滚 (dǎgǔn)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- التمرغ
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- rollen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- rebolar-se
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- rolar
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- rulla sig
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- tarzać się
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a se tăvăli
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- vælte sig
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- rulle seg
Lying down and turning over onto the back. A healthy horse rolls in the field for pleasure — that is not a sign. It becomes dangerous during colic: a violent roll can twist the gut, and a treatable colic becomes surgical. That is the whole reason for walking him.